I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.

Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

TV is the best babysitter.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

There is only one room that the Devil can't dare enter in unless if you let him, and that, is your heart.

I’ll record what I’ve learnt on the subject of what I sell. What it actually is means little to anyone other than me, but what it does and how it helps, means everything to those who require it.

Black man cleans the streets but mustn't walk freely on the pavement

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.

The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will

I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and bossy and dancing all the time.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

We remember the details of our story, we do not invent them.

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

I have little hair because my brain is so big it pushes the hair out.